Etheric body

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The etheric body (ether body, etheric double; from Greek: Αἰθήρ Aither "ether"; German: Ätherleib), also referred to by Rudolf Steiner as life body, time body or time organism, formative forces body (German: Bildekräfteleib, Lit.: GA 73, p. 31) or elementary body[1][2] and as Linga-Sharira according to Indian theosophical terminology, is the lowest supersensible member of the human being. All living beings, including animals and plants as well as humans, have their own etheric body. In its essence, the etheric body is "nothing other than a compressed image of cosmic lawfulness, reflecting the world's lawfulness in itself". (Lit.:GA 35, p. 127) The etheric organisation was already predisposed on the planetary stage of evolution of the Old Sun and has already reached a high degree of maturity due to this high age in the history of development.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.

References

  1. ↑ In contrast to Steiner, Paracelsus uses the term elementary body for the physical body built up from the four elements; he calls the etheric body archaeus.
  2. ↑ In particular, then, it is useful for the human being who is on the first steps towards initiation to become acquainted with the special difference or, one might say, the relation between feeling oneself, experiencing oneself in the elementary or etheric body and in the physical body. (Lit.:GA 138, p. 32ff)

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